Conservation News ~ 4 March 2022

• "Biden: Sanctions Will ‘Allow Energy Payments To Continue’"
• "Russian Forces Take Chernobyl Zone, Ukraine Says, Raising Fears"
• "IPCC: Climate Change Report To Sound Warning On Impacts"
• "The U.S. Proves It's Finally Ready for Offshore Wind"
• "European Renewables Stocks Surge as Ukraine War Fuels Energy Reckoning"
• Greenhouse Gases From Oil and Gas Far Exceed Regulators' Estimates
• "In Antarctica, Does A Burgeoning Krill Fishery Threaten Wildlife?"
• "U.S. Environmental Enforcement Activity Has Dropped, Study Shows"
• "Alaska Worries For Its Salmon Run As Climate Change Warms Arctic Waters"
• "Night-Time Attack On Controversial Canadian Gas Pipeline Site"
• Draft Recovery Plan proposed for 50 endangered and threatened species in Hawaiʻi
• New species of bird detected in Chitwan
• Threatened wetlands in Paraguay’s Lake Ypacaraí raise legal questions
• Indigenous knowledge ‘gives us a much richer picture’: Q&A with Māori researcher Ocean Mercier
• Pay or punish? Study looks at how to engage with farmers deforesting the Cerrado
• Refuge of endangered ‘African unicorn’ threatened by mining, poaching, deforestation
• In Kenya, a community regrew its forest — and redefined reforestation success
• Latest Nigeria oil spill highlights ‘wretched’ state of the industry
• Ultrasounds for endangered abalone mollusks
• South Africa grants permits to hunt 10 critically endangered black rhino
• Six of California's biggest-ever fires burned in the last 3 years. Thinning is needed
• New species of scorpion discovered in Maharashtra
• Aussie scientists define new bright blue octocoral – a soft coral –  species
• US EPA renews effort to protect endangered species from pesticides
• Peppered chub listed as endangered, Canadian River as critical habitat
• Climate Change: IPCC Report Warns Of ‘Irreversible’ Impacts Of Warming
• "Supreme Court Will Hear Biggest Climate Change Case in a Decade"
• "UN To Agree On Plan For 'Historic' Plastics Treaty"
• US Oil Industry Leaps On Invasion Of Ukraine To Argue For More Drilling
• "Invasion Puts Ukraine’s Nuclear Reactors at Risk, Monitors Warn"
• "Sale of Leases for Wind Farms Off New York Raises More Than $4 Billion"
• Canon Thinktank Pressured To Remove ‘Dangerous’ Climate Articles
• "Chicken Frenzy: A State Awash in Hog Farms Faces a Poultry Boom"
• Will Farmed Totoaba Stop Extinction of World’s Most Endangered Porpoise?
• "After a Shaky Start, Airborne Wind Energy Is Slowly Taking Off"
• Chocolate frog? New burrowing frog species unearthed in Amazon's rare peatlands
• "Supreme Court Questions Scope of EPA’s Climate Change Powers"
• World's Insect Population Is In Decline, and That's Bad News For Humans
• "Oil and Gas Majors Race Out of Russia"
• "Major Hurdle Cleared In Plan To Demolish 4 California Dams"
• Fight To The Finish For A Rare Daisy And A Gold Mine Near Death Valley
• "Biden Could Score a Climate Victory in a Single Word: Plastics"
• Sierra Snowpack Vanishing. 3rd Year Of Calif. Drought Looks Inevitable
• Dems Introduce $500 Million Air Quality Bill, Citing ProPublica Probe
• "Rash-Causing Moth Spreading Due To Warming, Scientists Find"
• "One Way To Combat Russia? Move Faster On Clean Energy"
• US, World Powers To Tap Oil Reserves In Bid To Ease Gasoline Prices
• Why Western Sanctions Aren’t Hitting Russia Where It Would Hurt Most
• "SOTU: What Biden Said — And Didn’t Say — On Climate"
• "IG: FOIA ‘Awareness Program’ Troubled Some Interior Staff"
• GAO Concerned by Flood Risk Management at Hazardous Chemical Facilities
• "'Biggest Green Deal Since Paris': UN To Approve Plastic Treaty Roadmap"
• "Oil Industry Stirs Blowback After Weaving War Into U.S. Lobbying"
• Biden Admin Won’t Appeal Judge’s Ruling Revoking Gulf Of Mexico Leases
• "Biden Push of Trump Nuke Waste Plan Irks Tribe, Washington State"
• Florida’s Beloved Key Deer May Be Close To Climate Extinction
• Brazil’s agroforestry farmers report many benefits, but challenges remain
• Mongabay’s What-To-Watch list for March 2022
• Latest seismic survey blocked in South Africa court on fishers’ challenge
• A community in Mexico reforests its land against the advance of illegal logging
• Loss of Sumatran rhinos leaves several plant species without a seed disperser
• Forest clearing for crop program in Papua may unleash massive emissions
• To save the oceans, we need MPAs that emphasize actual protection of marine ecosystems (commentary)
• Researchers puzzle over sea-crossing migration of crimson rose butterflies
• In Brazil, evicted Indigenous residents fight to reclaim their community
• Chocolate frog? New burrowing frog species unearthed in Amazon’s rare peatlands
• Climate change a threat to human well-being and health of the planet: New IPCC report
• Four new MPAs in Maluku boost Indonesia’s bid to protect its seas
• ‘I am pro-mining’: Indigenous opposition to Philippine mine project falters
• Bridges in the sky carry sloths to safety in Costa Rica
• In a biodiversity haven, mining drives highest ever recorded levels of mercury
• For fire-ravaged northern Thailand, there’s now an app to battle the blaze
• Potato farmers conquer a devastating worm—with paper made from bananas
• Ford announces a historic restructuring as it pivots to an electric future
• Terraformation Targets $100 Million for Early Stage Forestry Fund
• Environment Agency downgrading 93% of prosecutions for serious pollution
• New Species of Orchid Discovered in Ecuador
• Colombian palm oil company under investigation for polluting rivers
• Oil Jumps To $110 As OPEC Holds Output Steady Despite Russia’s War
• "The World Is Awash in Plastic. Nations Plan a Treaty to Fix That."
• "Death Toll Rises Following Historic Flooding In Australia"
• "Climate Responses That Backfire Are a Growing Problem, IPCC Says"
• Colorado Oil And Gas Regulators Approve ‘Strongest’ Financial Rules
• "RCMP Spending to Protect CGL Pipeline Tops $21 Million"
• NIH Reviews Potentially Risky Experiments On Viruses, Other Pathogens
• "Ukraine War Upends Biden’s Agenda On Energy, Climate Change"
• "Wildfires May Slow Recovery Of Ozone Layer - Study"
• "A Historic Chance to Protect America’s Free-Flowing Rivers"
• Montana governor kills mountain lion being monitored by national park staff
• TotalEnergies Invests in Sustainable Forestry in Southeast Asia
• UNEP Marks 50 Years of Fighting for Safe Environment
• UN Environment Summit Adopts Historic Agreement on Plastic Waste
• "Russian Troops Seize Site Of Nuclear Plant Fire; West Condemns Attacks
• "Lawmakers Push to Ban Russian Oil Imports, Amid White House Resistance"
• Arctic Council In Upheaval Over Russia Amid Climate Change In Region
• Docs Reveal Names of 3 EPA Officials Who Downplayed Chemical Hazards
• "Why $100 a Barrel Oil Could Be Bad for the Energy Transition"
• "EPA Confirms Filters Reduce Lead In Michigan City’s Water"
• "EPA To GE: Good To Go On Housatonic River Cleanup"
• "House Approves Bill To Help Veterans Exposed To Toxics"
• Analysis: Big Oil's Plastic Boom Threatens U.N.'s Pollution Pact
• "This Map Shows Where Biodiversity Is Most at Risk in America"
• Ga Park site will double in size to save indigenous mounds
• Peppered Chub wins Endangered Species Act protection
• Manatee poop shows lettuce program for starving seacows may be working
• Bat falcon is spotted for the first time